By Felix Mordi Eight months after the cold-blooded murder of a retired teacher at her Agbaakin Emere residence in the Bode-Olude area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, the state Police Command has recorded a breakthrough in the investigation, with the arrest of the alleged murderer.Life was snuffed out of the 61-year-old Mrs Adedotun Adeteju Oluwaseun on Friday, 27 February, 2026, after she reportedly returned from a retirement party organised by her colleagues, and her lifeless body discovered in the toilet of her apartment the following day, Saturday, 28 February, 2026According to a statement issued by the Ogun State Police…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday in Kaduna at the flag-off of his presidential campaign for the 2027 general elections, took a swipe at opposition leaders, accusing them of creating the poverty and hunger they now use to campaign against him. “I hear my opponents talking about hunger and poverty. Who created it? They did. They created the hunger; they created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it,” President Tinubu said at the well-attended rally at the Ranchers Bees Stadium. His jibe was apparently directed at the ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who served as vice-president between 1999 and…
By Segun Adewale in Bauchi The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has engaged stakeholders in Bauchi State on its plan to deploy 10,000 electric tricycles, 300 electric taxis and 30 electric buses across the six states of the North-East to reduce transportation costs, create employment opportunities and promote environmentally friendly mobility. The initiative, being implemented in partnership with Attahir Enterprises Nigeria Limited, was unveiled at a stakeholders’ engagement and sensitisation workshop held in Bauchi. Speaking at the end of two day workshop on Friday, the NEDC State Coordinator, Alhaji Aliyu Isiyaku, said the initiative was designed to provide affordable, safer and…
By Segun Adewale in Gombe Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has challenged Nigerian journalists to embrace emerging technologies to enhance the speed, efficiency and quality of news delivery without allowing digital tools to undermine their professional judgment and core responsibilities. The Governor also charged Media Trust Group to uphold the values of trust, integrity and responsible journalism that underpin its reputation, while expanding the frontiers of innovation in the media industry. He spoke yesterday as Guest of Honour at the official launch of Media Trust Group’s Converged Newsroom at the organisation’s corporate headquarters in Abuja. The facility integrates…
By Segun Adewale in Bauchi The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has distributed starter packs to 20 beneficiaries trained in the fabrication of energy-efficient stoves and the production of briquettes in Bauchi State. The distribution, which took place on Thursday, 22 October, 2026, is part of the commission’s efforts to promote youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability and economic self-reliance in the North-East region. Speaking during the handover ceremony, the NEDC Bauchi State Coordinator, Alhaji Aliyu Isyaku, said the equipment was provided to enable the beneficiaries to establish businesses, generate sustainable income and create employment opportunities. He said the beneficiaries were…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has earned the confidence and support of Nigerians through his courageous leadership, commitment to national development and the promise of greater prosperity for the country. Speaking at the flag-off of the APC presidential campaign in Kaduna State, Professor Yilwatda welcomed President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to the North-West, describing the occasion as a defining moment in the party’s determination to consolidate its achievements and secure a renewed mandate in the 2027 presidential election. In a statement by his…
By Mobolaji Sanusi “An impartial judiciary is essential to the administration of justice and the preservation of liberty.” — James Madison (1751-1836) Democracy without a credible judiciary is an invitation to a Hobbesian state of nature, where life is brutish, nasty, poor, and short. Like all human creations, state institutions established by human reasoning are not infallible and are susceptible to sometimes avoidable foibles. But when such imperfections become abysmally alarming, every right-thinking citizen should be deeply perturbed. That is the shameful state of the Bench in Nigeria today, which is continually acknowledged by very senior stakeholders in the legal…
By Mobolaji Sanusi “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tallius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC—December 7, 43 BC). The date is October 30, 2026. On that day, Lagos will be agog with a momentous event meant to celebrate recorded reputable sons and daughters of the Yoruba cradle from the Source in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The convener of the event is none other than the elder statesman, accomplished advertising professional, educationist, author, and two-term former member of the House of Assembly of the Centre of Excellence, Hon. Ahmed Ipoola Omisore, who authored the book…
Lagos State Deputy Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the revered National Leader of Afenifere, who died at the age of 100. In a condolence message, Dr. Hamzat, on behalf of his family, extended heartfelt sympathies to the Fasoranti family, the government and people of Ondo State, and the entire Yoruba nation over the loss of the elder statesman. He described Pa Fasoranti as a distinguished educator, principled leader and respected voice in Nigeria’s socio-political landscape, whose life was devoted to the pursuit…
My warm congratulations to my friend Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former Governor of Kano State, one-time Minister of Defence and former Senator representing Kano Central Senatorial District, on his 70th birthday on October 21, 2026. Senator Kwankwaso and I have had a longstanding association, dating back to our time in the National Assembly in 1992, he in the House of Representatives and I in the Senate, and later in 1999 when we both emerged as governors of our respective states. As members of the Class of ’99 Governors, we both played pivotal roles in laying the foundation for the democracy…